Matching Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseOnline version Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? by Lauren Winn 1 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. 2 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 3 Bad ellipses 4 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 5 When are commas used? 6 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 7 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 8 What does a dash( --) do? 9 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 10 When should you use commas? 11 What can a colon do? 12 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 add extra information ( ) Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. , introduces a direct quotation using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation FANBOYS : Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases interprets a thought in a more dramatic way - and ;
